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Subject: Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues.
From: Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com>
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<snip>
>
> As far as partitioning... I believe we should be using GPT partition tables
> where possible.  Even on non-EFI systems, it's simply a much better
> partition table format.
>
>        -hpa

GPT can not be used for boot disks in non-EFI systems, right?

Greg